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Conflict palm oil refers to palm oil obtained from areas with outstanding land and social conflicts between oil palm companies such as Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad and local communities in countries such Papua New Guinea and Liberia. These conflicts increased in severity as the global corporate demand for palm oil quadrupled since the 1980s and 1990s. By 2015 palm oil became the most most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet." The palm oil conflict has led to "increasingly dire biodiversity and climate crisis.

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), which was established in 2004 to promote the growth and use of sustainable Palm oil products, had more than "2000 members from over 75 countries" as of 2015.

Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) calls for a "moratorium on the clearance of forests and development of peatlands," which involves "halting further expansion until comprehensive social and environmental assessments are undertaken to identify High Conservation Value areas, High Carbon Stock forests and peatlands and determine if Indigenous Peoples give consent to palm oil development on their customary lands."

Nestlé
"Nestlé is considered by many as a leader in global efforts to transform the palm oil sector." ""Nestlé recognized its Conflict Palm Oil problem after international campaigns exposed the link between rainforest destruction in Indonesia and Kit Kat chocolate bars. In 2010, Nestlé publicly committed to source palm oil that was verified as free from the destruction of rainforests, peatlands and land grabbing and has worked to clean up its supply chain. Since that time, Nestlé has taken leading action amongst the Snack Food 20 to verify that the plantations it sources from are not associated with the destruction of forests, including critically important High Conservation Value and High Carbon Stock forests.""

The Snack Food 20
According to RAN in 2015 The Snack Food 20 companies who failed to put "adequate policies and procurement practices in place, and are almost undeniably using Conflict Palm Oil, are PepsiCo, Inc., Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd., Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd., Hillshire Brands Company, Grupo Bimbo, Kraft Foods Group, H.J. Heinz Company, Campbell Soup Company, Hormel Foods Corporation and Unilever."

Supply chain
RAN alleges that Malaysian-based palm oil company Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad is not a responsible supplier of palm oil as its land conflicts, issues around deforestation, the use of child and forced labor, with communities in Papua New Guinea and Liberia are outstanding.

Indonesia
George Monbiot argues that among the major causes of the destruction and fragmentation of Indonesia's forests are companies engaged in plant monocultures such as palm oil, pulpwood and timber. These companies have drained and dried deep carbon-rich peatlands under the forests by cutting through canals then clearing the land through fires. In the extreme El Niño year in 2015 this produced the "perfect formula for environmental catastrophe."